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above genus (Hebeticoides) as having intermediate characters, and he enters largely 
into his reasons for so doing on page 52 of the monograph, to which the reader is 
referred. 
My materials are too scanty for criticism, and T follow the scheme he offers. He 
describes three species of this genus. 
HEBETICOIDES ACUTUS, Fowl. 
(Plate XXIII. figs. 8, 8a.) 
Fowl. l.c. Tab. IV. fig. 17, p. 53. 
Large, broad in front, and tapering from the shoulders to a sharp apex ; colour 
rich shining purplish brown, with a yellow margin extending above the eyes to the 
posterior point; legs yellow, but concealed from the back view. 
Size, 12 x 5 mm. 
Habitat. — Guatemala, Panama. 
Many of the Daninse have the appearance of shining seeds ; some are like black 
oats, or yellow beardless barley. 
I have had no opportunity of drawing either Hebeticoides coifusus, Fowler, or 
//. de.nticutatm, Fowler. 
HEBETICOIDES CONFUSUS, Fowl. 
Fowler, l.c. Tab. IV. figs. 18, 18a-b, p. 54. 
Size, 9x4 mm. 
Habitat. —Chiriqui, Panama, 4000 feet. 
HEBETICOIDES DENTICULATUS, Fowl. 
Fowler, l.c. p. 54. 
A long and broad species with toothed legs ; underside black. 
Size, 11x5 mm. 
Habitat. —Mexico. 
Genus: HEBETICA, Stal. 
Darnis limacodes, Burm. (Type), Fairm. (sic) l.c. p. 483. 
HEBETICA CONVOLUTA, Burm. 
(Plate XXIV. fig. 1.) 
Darnis convoluta, Fairm. l.c. p. 482; //. convoluta, Stal. 
Large, long, pointed, and sluglike in form ; of a shining olive-green colour, with 
a broad yellow border from the head to the apex ; legs yellow, with the tibiae mottled 
with brown and slightly fimbriated. The species is liable to variation in colour. 
Size, 13x6 mm. 
Hub it at . — Brazil. 
Figured from the B.M. Collection, 
